Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird (1989)

Directed by

Sandy Wilson

Genre

drama, tv movie

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In the late 1970s, a family deals with the father's cancer diagnosis and death. The story follows the Talbot family as they cope with loss and support one another.

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What happens

Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird is a Canadian television film, directed by Sandy Wilson and broadcast by CBC Television in 1988. Adapted from the novel by Jean Little, the film centres on the Talbots, a family in the late 70s who are coping with father John's (Geoffrey Bowes) diagnosis with and death of cancer. The cast includes Linda Griffiths as Kate Talbot, Louis Tripp as son Jeremy, Marsha Moreau as daughter Sarah and Martha Gibson as Aunt Margery, as well as Ken James, Rosa Anderson-Barker, Helen Hughes, Sam Aaron, Stuart Clow, Alana Shields, Sherry Bie, Lori Chodos, Mark Schofield, Jason Kravice, Jason Sorokin, Tommy Max, Gay Claitman and Steven Aiken in supporting roles. The film was broadcast on December 4, 1988. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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